Phonograph and graphophone disk holding cabinet.



l s. HOLSTEIN.

PHONOGRAPH AND GRAPHOPHONE HDISK HOLDING CABINET. APPLICATION FILED DEO.23, 1913.

Patented Dec. 29, 1914n {lll/[MMIII rn oro t Woran Milind -this einerSpecification of Letters /r di. mais Application filed .December 5:3,telit. Serial 305,393.

To all' whom it may concern: i

lle it known that L SAMUEL l-lons'rnnt., a citizen oipi the lUnitedStates.) residing at New York, county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful improvements in Phonograph andGraphophone Dish: 'dolding Cabinets, of which the following' is aspecification.

rihis invention relates to phonograph and graphophone disk holdingcabinets.

My object is to provide a cabinet holder or filing case, for phonographor graphephone disks which will be of very siinple and inexpensiveconstruction, While light, strong and durable and which will not hesubject to t 1e warping action usually found in these cabinets WhereWood is commonly employed. lt will be understood that cahinets of thecharacter set forth have coinpartinents Whose Walls are quite closetgether, for economy of space, on account ot the thinness of thegraphophone disks adapted to be contained therein. Where Wood isemployed, as has heretofore been common, the thin Walls ot thecompartments Warp and hy their distortion interfere with the insertionand removal of the graphephone disks and, where dish ejecting mechanismis employed, prevent the operation thereolg or decrease its etl'iciency.

My invention overcomes the foregoing detects and it consists, first, ofa plurality ot suspended compartments, as distinguished fromcompartments whose Walls are anchored at all poi-nts; second. ofsuspended coinpartnients combined with tensioning means to keep theWalls thereof inproper position: third7 a cabinet Whose partitions areof paper or its equivalent? combined with spacingr devices for saidcompartments and connecting or Stringing' means for fastening' the Wallsor partitions and the spacing devices together; fourth, in improvedselective ejector mechanism and guiding means; fifth, in the particulartensioning, spacing and hanging means employed; and finally, in theQjeneral combination of parts which comprises the complete cabinet,holder or tiling case.

,ln the accompanying" drawings: Figure l is a iront elevation; 2., across section adjacent theend oE the cabinet; Fig. 3, a view ot oneofthe partitions; Fig. si, a detail oa spacing strip or rneniher; Fig.5, a siniilarbview ot a stringerghig. the side o )eninos 5 in theirlower a f etai phone dish.

The case l may he ot Wood, metal or other material .having suitablerifidity and strength.

My suspended holder is designated, generally, 2 and is contained Withinand suspended from the upper part of a case l which may he inserted inany suitable outer cabinet la. rl`he entire disk holding and ejectingmeans are carried, self-contained, in easel and may he iitted into anydesired ornamental cabinet or Wholly removed therefrom at will. Case lmay be fastened inside cabinet l or merely positioned thereon. Theholder is composed ot' pape1 or cardboard walls or partitions 3 whichhave openings at in their upper portions and other portions (Fig.lnterposed between partitions 3 are spacers G consisting of strips ofheavy cardboard which have openings corresponding' in number andalineinent with the openings 4: and 5e respectively. The spacing,1

strips 6 are arranged horizontally at the top and bottoni o thepartitions 3 and eX- tend from the front to the rear edges ol the latteror substantially so. These spacing strips 6 are of such thickness as todefine, with the partitions 3, compartments 8 which have parallel Wallsand are oi a, Width adapting them to easily receive the graphephone orphonograph disks or tablets. The partitions 3 and spacingr strips 6 arestrung upon metal strips or hars@ (Fig. said hars passing through theholes d and 7 at the tops of the partitions and tlnoueh the holes and 7at the bottoms thereof. The lower set ot strips 9 are not connected tothe sides of the case but the upper strips or stringers 9a have theirends engaged with the walls of the ease l, and in consequence, theentire holder is' suspended. from the upper part of the case l, hut isnot attached to the lower part lb thereof save by the tensioning devices(Fig. 7). These tensionin?,` devices consist of U-shaped metallic clipsl0 having openings il through which the lower stringere 9i pass. Screwedinto the clips 10 are the screws l2 Whose Shanks pass through thebottoni it" et the ease and Whose heads are outside the bottom of saidcase and ai'e adapted to he turned to pull downwardly on the stringers 9and on the lower strips 6 and the lower parts of the partitions 3 tothereby tension the suspended partitions and bring them to such degreeof tautness as will maintain their walls in substantial parallelism. Theupper faces of the lower strips 6 constitute the bottoms of thecompartments 8 on which the graphophone disks rest.

To keep the lower-strips 6 spaced from the 'upper strips (i, I provideas many screws 14 as may be necessary. These screws have their endsscrewthreaded into sockets 15 carried by the stringers 9, 9u.' Byturning the screws, the stringers 9, 9, are forced away from eachotherand the tension is imparted vertically to the partitions 3. l

Referring to Figs. 6 and 8, in each compartment 8 is a single ejector 16of slightly less width than the compartment and loosely strung on ametal or wooden pivot pin or hanger 17 which extends through all of thepartitions 3 and has its ends supported by the case 1.l rfhe ejector,being pivoted at its upper part, tends to restore itself to normalupright position when it is released, but I preferablyv employ a singlevery flexiblc resilient wire oi.' small rod 18` whose ends are securedtocase 1 and whose intermediate part bears against the upper ends ofall/the ejector-s 16 and keeps them in normal upright position. Eachejector constitutes a movable hack for the compartment 8 which keeps thegraphophone disk from rolling out backward, sulicient space being leftbetween the rear edges of the partitions 3 and the back of the case 1 topermit the play of the upper part of the ejector necessary for theejection of the graphophone disk.

Sui-mounting the partitions is a sheet metal cap 19 whose sides 20overlap and are secured to the end partitions by screws or fastenings 21which enter the spacing strips 6. i The cap had alternating guidegrooves 22 and walls 23, the latter receiving and being crimped tightlyagainst the upper ends of the paper partitions 3. The/sides 2O haveslots 2l through which the stringcrs 9 pass. I employ a removable pushrod Q5 Iwhich canbe inserted in any one ot the guide grooves Q2 andpushed against the upper end oi the ector 16 of the compartmentcorresponding to the given groove for the purpose of ejecting thegraphophone. disk in said compartment. By` this means I obviate thenecessity of using a separate push rod for each ejector l() and greatlysimplify and cheapen the construction. l

do not, however, except when so stated in ,the claims, intend to limitinyselt to a single push-rod as several may be used, or, a separate onefor each groove 22. Other means than the tensioning devices 10 can beused for tensioning the partitions, such, for in stance, as a weight inthe shape of a nietallic plate connected to the lower ends of thepartitions. The weight oi the graphephone disk may sometimes besullicient, without en'iploying anyv tensioning means whatever. I

Having thus described my inventiomwhat l claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1.111 a filing case for phonograph or graphophone disks, the combinationwith a support, ot' a plurality of' partitions forining interveningcompartments suspended Jfrom said support, and graphophone disk cjectingmeans carried wholly by said suspended partitions.

2.111 a liling case tor phonograph or grapliophone disks, thelcombination with a support, oi a plurality ol.t partitions formingintervening compartments suspended -from said support, and means forexerting tension on the lower part of said partitions.

3.111 a filing case for phonograph or graphophone disks, the combinationwith a support, of a plurality of partitions forming interveningcompartments suspended from said support, and means ci'iiierating withsaid support and with the lower part of said partitions adapted fortensioning said partitions.

4. ln a filing case 'lor phonograph or graphophoiie disks, thecombination with a support. of partitions of flexible material formingintervening compartments suspended from said support, and means ,fortensioning said partitions.

5. A liling case composed of' liexible partitions, 'with interveningcompartments, and means carried partly by said partitions adapted fortensioning them.

6. A liling case composed of flexible partitions, with interveningcompartineiits. and screws cooperating with the cnd parts ol saidpartitions adapted ior tensioning thciu.

7. ln a filing case for i'ihonograph or graphophone disks, thecombination oilexr ble partitions, spacing strips therebetween.stringers extending through the end portionsot' the partitions andthrough thespacing strips, and means tor keeping thc stringi erstensioned in relation to cach other.

S. ln a filing case for phonogralih or grapliophonc disks. thecombination with a support, of iiexible partitions. spacing stripstherebetween at` top and bottom tlnereof, stringers ciniimcting ibeupper sl'iueing strips and partitions to the support. whereby they aresuspended therefrom., slringers connecting the f-,paeiug strips andpartitions at the lower parts o'l the hitter, and tension screw clampsconnecting the lower stringers to the support.

9. 1n a filing case for phonograph or graphophone disks, the combinationwith a support, of flexible partitions, spacing strips therebetween attop and bottom thereof, stringere connecting the upper spacing stripsand partitions to the support, whereby they are suspended therefrom,stringers connecting the Spacing strips and partitions at the lowerparts of the latter, tension screw clamps connecting the lower stringersto the support, and tension screws interposed between the upper andlower string-y ers and carried by them.v

10. In a tiling case for phonograph or graphophone disks, having aplurality of disk holding compartments,the combination with independentdisk ejecting means for the several compartments, of a single selec tiveoperating device adaptedto coperate with one disk ejecting means at atime and to beshifted at will for .selective lcoperation with any one ofsaid disk ejecting means.

11. In a filing case orLphonograph or graphophone disks, having aplurality of disk holding compartments, the combination with independentdisk ejecting means for the several compartments, of independent guidesfor the respective compartments, and a bodily removable selectiveactuator adapted to be selectively positioned at will in any one of saidguides and to be moved from one guide to another and thereby arranged tocooperate with the disk ejecting means of the corresponding compartment.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aHiX my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

. SAMUEL HOLSTEIN, Witnesses:

CHARLES 0. DAVIS, JOHN W. E. RoBrRTsoN.

